JOHNSON v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

No. CA12-438.

2012 Ark.App. 537

RICKY JOHNSON, JR. APPELLANT, v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, APPELLEE.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division III.

Opinion Delivered September 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah R. Sallings , Arkansas Public Defender Commission, for appellant.

Tabitha B. McNulty , Office of Chief Counsel, for appellee.

Chrestman Group, PLLC, by: Keith L. Chrestman , attorney ad litem for minor child.


CLIFF HOOFMAN, Judge.

Appellant Ricky Johnson, Jr., appeals from the order of the Craighead County Circuit Court terminating his parental rights to his putative daughter, M.J. On appeal, Johnson argues that the termination order should be reversed and dismissed because he was not the legal father of M.J. and thus had no parental rights to be terminated. We affirm.

This case began on December 4, 2009, when the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) exercised...

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